By Ola  Ajayi , IBADAN

DESPITE the not-too-impressive results recorded by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in last Saturday’s election, Governor Alao Akala of Oyo State has re-assured his supporters that he would emerge victorious in the April 26 gubernatorial election.

Akala, through his Special Adviser on Public Communication, Prince Dotun Oyelade, that PDP was the only party in the state that had minimum of 25% votes cast in all the 33 Local Government areas during the National Assembly election last Saturday.

According to the statement, PDP had over 22,000 superior votes over and above the other political parties during the election and if that election was for the governorship, Governor Alao Akala would have satisfied INEC condition and declared winner.

The statement expressed optimism in the gubernatorial election and said that more voters are expected to troop out for their choice candidate.

According to the statement, the PDP had sixty thousand (60,000) votes more than the opposition in Oyo North Senatorial District alone.

It appealed to INEC to quickly correct itself by accommodating votes from Ogbomoso South and Oriire Local Governments.

In Ogbomoso South for instance, the entire 13,000 votes were not included in the final tabulation while 1,600 votes were inadvertently recorded for Oriire, instead of 16,000 votes.

The statement alerted the people of the plan of the opposition to step up its campaign of calumny against Governor Akala, adding that the Governor’s achievement will easily neutralize such machination.